Ink pad



Aug. 31, 1926., v .1,598,538 s. MANN I NK PAD Filed Feb. '27, 1925Patented Aug. 31, 1926.

UNITED STATES SIDNEY MANN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

INK PAD.

Application filed. February 27, 1925.

This invention relates to improvements in ink pads and has particularreference to ing also equipped with a hingedly connected.

cover, the base and cover being also provided with auxiliary inkreservoirs in the form of felt pads whereby the opposite faces of thepad can be readily supplied with ink by merely transferring the pad tothe base or cover, thus causing contact with the ink saturated feltprovided therein.

A further object is to produce a reversible pad which is economical tomanufacture, simple in construction and one which will eliminate asoiling of the fingers in inking the pad or replacing the same in thecontainer.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

ln the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, andin which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughoutthe same,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device constructed in accordancewith by invention,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the ink pad per se,

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section through the container with thepad being shown in elevation,

Figure 4 is a cross-section through the pad, and

Figure 5 is a cross-section through the container showing the same in aclosed position with the pad displayed therein in elevation.

In the accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration Ihave shown a .preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 6designates a container as a Serial No. 12,154.

whole which is provided with a base member 7 and a cover 8.

Positioned in the cover and the base member is an ink reservoir in theform -of a length of felt, as indicated by the numerals 9 and 10,respectively.

The pad per se as indicated by the numeral 11, embodies in itsconstruction a core 12 which has positioned on each side thereof a feltpadding 13 and a felt padding 14C which are retained in position throughthe medium of a piece of connected fabric 15 and 16, which are the inksurfaces for a stamp or the like.

I propose to make a compact arrangement of the pad by providing a strip17 which extends around the edges of the pad. In practise the inked padis placed in the base of the container and thereafter used for theinking operation.

After the supply of ink on the exposed surface has been exhausted, thepad can be readily transferred by a simple closing of the cover of thecontainer. The cover of the container with the length of felt 9, servingas a reservoir, will supply ink to the used surface. When the pad isresting in thel cover of the device, the opposite face of the pad willserve as a new inking surface.

This operation can be periodically repeated so that the user will havepresented to him at all times a thoroughly inked stamping surface.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be apparent that I have devised a novel type ofreversible pad which can be either sold independently or on the otherhand the pad and the container can be commercially presented as acomplete ink pad equipment.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and thatvarious changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may beresorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or thescope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention,y I claim zply of ink therefrom, theopposite surface of the pad upon actuation of the container l0 adaptedto Contact the ink bearing fabric of the base.

In testimony whereof I aix my Signature.

SIDNEY MANN

